We are looking for an experienced engineer to join our newly formed Legal Tech team at our firm’s office in Hyderabad or Bengaluru. The Legal Tech team creates software to support the firm’s global Legal function. The team develops and maintains critical applications that support legal workflows such as contract lifecycle management, entity management, legal document management, and reporting. These systems often integrate with other internal platforms and require an exceptional focus on accuracy, reliability, and security. Legal is a critical function for the firm, and the breadth of the firm’s businesses adds meaningful complexity to the problems the team solves. What you’ll do day-to-day In this role, you will execute individual projects and deliverables while collaborating with business groups. You will also be responsible for projects that include performing R&D to evaluate the appropriate technologies to use, resolving application and data issues in production within timelines, and driving complete project lifecycles - from collecting and analyzing requirements to project delivery/deployment to clients. Additionally, you will provide direction and guidance to junior members of the team and participate actively in code and design reviews. The ideal candidate should hold: Basic qualifications: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, with an exceptional foundation in algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming At least 4 years of programming experience in Python or equivalent languages, in addition to some or all the following: React, Redux, RESTful web services, and databases A deep understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), including evaluation and prompting techniques Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work on complex, ambiguous problems Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end and drive them to completion Preferred qualifications: Prior exposure to project management Experience building AI-driven automation frameworks, as well as semantic search or knowledge retrieval systems at scale

About D. E. Shaw India Private Limited

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited (D. E. Shaw India) is a part of the D. E. Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm. Established in 1996 as a technological development center, D. E. Shaw India has expanded its business into a broad range of software and financial activities. Its staff collaborates with colleagues around the world not only to build cutting-edge proprietary software systems that form an important part of the D. E. Shaw group’s investment activities but also to provide research and operations support to the firm’s systematic, discretionary, and hybrid strategies. An entrepreneurial spirit has always been a part of D. E. Shaw India’s culture. When external platforms don’t meet our needs, we build our own. We created one of the first NoSQL databases in our industry, built a powerful data analysis library for Python before pandas existed, and built a modern web engineering framework tailored to the firm’s needs. This profile and any links posted through this profile (together, the “Content”) are provided for your information only and do not convey investment advice or an offer of any type with respect to any securities or other financial products. The D. E. Shaw group does not endorse any information or beliefs discussed in any links posted through this profile and makes no representation as to the accuracy or adequacy of the Content. The Content has not been updated for any information that may have changed since publication. No assurances can be given that any aims, assumptions, or expectations expressed or implied in the Content were or will be realized, or that the activities described have continued or will continue at all or in the same manner as described.